#rynessa

So worldstate 1 is Therlia Surana, L. Hawke and Kas Surana, while my most recent Warden, Champion and Inquisitor are Seren Surana (worldstate 14), Millie Hawke (worldstate 6) and Rynessa (worldstate 7).

Therlia and Seren are obviously both Suranas, and I think most of their decisions are similar? They both save Redcliffe and the Circle, side with Caridin, make Bhelen king, and kill the werewolves. I haven’t played that far with Seren yet but I suspect that like Therlia, she’ll let Isolde die to save Connor. They approach those decisions differently though. Therlia regrets killing the werewolves and only did it because she didn’t want to risk hurting the elves by turning on Zathrian. She killed him after discovering Lanaya could also cure them. Seren was maybe not 100% behind Zathrian, but there was still no question on whether she was going to side with him or not. He deserved his vengeance, she felt. She’s also more enthusiastic about Bhelen as king, compared to Therlia’s “uhh, I guess he sounds a bit better?”

Their personalities are also fairly different, Therlia is very cautious, while Seren is very Not. Therlia starts off with Isolationist leanings and while she’s always been angry at the way mages were treated, she only starts Saying things about that after the end of Origins. Seren meanwhile is a Libertarian from the beginning, and after being told Duncan will take on responsibility for her actions, she punches Greagoir before leaving the tower.

I kind of feel like the main difference between Lucy and Millie is just how I’ve changed in building my stories. Back when playing Lucy Hawke I was keeping everything to close as canon to possible with “well, if I’d known in advance I probably wouldn’t have let Carver die in the Deep Roads, but it Happened and now my story needs to build from it”. Millie is the Kid Hawke I mentioned the other day and started playing a few hours after, so with her we have “ There’s nothing new I can Do with the canon Hawke backstory, so let’s give Leandra and Malcolm a younger kid for a new perspective. And then older Hawke sibling - let’s go with fandom’s purple Garret Hawke - can die escaping Lothering so I don’t have to deal with them getting in my protagonist’s way. And actually if he dies, does Bethany really need to? I haven’t had both twins survive before and that creates new interesting possibilities, let’s do it!” Also, back then my Hawke was just called Hawke and didn’t like using her first name, whereas now I have enough Hawkes that it gets confusing.

Lucy Hawke is also the most similar Hawke to Fanon Hawke that I have, whereas Millie isn’t even the person the game thinks is the protagonist because she was born about 14 years after them. As for similarities, uh, they’re both very pro-mage? Although Lucy more actively so, and Millie is a lot more scared of templars. Like Lucy Hawke, Millie is purple at the moment, but she’s going to be red in Act 2 and green in Act 3. They both try desperately to be cool while failing to actually be cool, I guess. Although by the time Millie is Lucy’s age, she’ll likely have learnt how to be.

The biggest difference between Kas and Rynessa is that Kas is a sweet cinnamon roll and Rynessa is a monster. Kas is as nice as possible to almost everyone she meets and always tries her best to not kill, if that is a feasible option. Rynessa is a dick who doesn’t give a shit about whether most people live or not because they’re mortal, so it’s not going to make a difference whether they die now or in a few decades.

gallifreyanathearts said: Also my solasmancing inquisitor also called him da’len at first (she is not immortal, but she’s like 55-60 and anyone below the age of 50 is da’len to her) I am glad I am not alone in this

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DA protags part 1

'If they have an LI, how much of their character is tailored to be compatible to that person?' for... hmm. lacha? and also rynessa just for the lols

'How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?' for vari and... hm... corinne

Lacha:  If they have an LI, how much of their character is tailored to be compatible to that person?

I think “i want another Zevmance” was where Lacha came from, so a lot, I guess. Although I do think that Broscas canon backstory is just really compatible with Zev. “This guy tried to kill us, because that's what the organisation he belonged to told him to do, and without them he'd have Nothing and they'd probably kill him. Yeah, I know that feel.” I just played on that a lot. 

I also was also getting pretty squicked out at the time for how a lot of fandom zevmances go, and needed a character who was incredibly aware of the fact that Zev swore an oath to serve them in exchange for his life, and worried of taking advantage of that. And again, I think Brosca works really well with that because they've never been in a position of authority in their life before and may not know how to handle that. So the basis of Lachas personality, “tough thug whos never been given the opportunity to be anything else” and “really worried about abusing her new position of authority and being like all the  people who've spent their lives hurting her” came from Zev.

Rynessa:  If they have an LI, how much of their character is tailored to be compatible to that person? 

I mean her character is more tailored for it to be Hilarious that she romances Solas, rather than necessarily all that compatible with him. But you know, Rynessa is an immortal asshole who thinks she's better than everyone else, Solas is an immortal asshole who thinks he's better than everyone else, they are pretty compatible! And I have had to make sure she won't be too annoying for him. They have some lovely pretentious Intellectual discussions.

Vari: How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?

I try not to think too far ahead because DA4 could just fuck everything up. The main thing I've got is Vari and Zev breaking into Josie and Estella's house to hide from Crows fairly often, and occasionally crashing family dinners. I'm considering the idea of it coming out (in a very Dramatic Reveal) that shes the Dark Wolf, but idk if I will actually do that. (But if it does happen, it needs to be the same time everyone finds out Solas is the Dread Wolf, so everyone gets them confused and Solas gets really pissed off.)

Corinne: How far past the canon events that take place in their world have you extended their story, if at all?

Well, I know that she spends over a year planning her and Josie's wedding, and also that she wants to make sure the world is going to not be in the middle of falling apart when they do get married because she needs to be able to devote all her time to making sure the wedding is perfect and she can hardly do that when she's needed to save the world. And if there are people dying in this world falling apart nonsense, that might mess up the seating arrangements. She has to know who's still going to be around before she plans much of it. And it has got to be better and more elaborate than her wedding to Sebastian. So yeah, idk exactly when the wedding will happen, da4 should help me work it out.

Also Corinne is a Hawke but is actually dithering about whether she wants her surname is Amell or Vael or Montilyet.

Mihren’s surname is Ghilain. Not surana.

Elora doesn’t actually use the surname Aeducan anymore and refuses to answer to it. I just have to call her that so that she has one, and so she doesn’t get confused with her alternative Time Lord self, Elora of the House of Whiteriver who refuses to answer to the surname Whiteriver.

Meanwhile Mahariel won’t ever use his first name, L. Hawke will fight you if you call her Lucy instead of Hawke but needs to be differentiated from other Hawkes somehow, and A. Hawke’s first name has become a deadname and now just has to have A. as a weird first name, which just makes things more confusing for Amber Hawke and Amity Hawke.

The games have given Rynessa the surnames Andras and Lavellan but neither of these are her actual clan, and she doesn’t actually use a surname.

Condescending immortal elf who looks 20 but still calls everyone da’len

When we first got to camp Alistair and Morrigan had their “have you looked at the treaties what do we think we should do” conversation and then I took Alistair’s Warden armour off so Loghain could wear it

Loghain no you look creepy

Also Tamlen’s still a party member bc I never lost him. Although he doesn’t appear in camp of the companion select screen. But I know he still exists because I stole his gloves to give to Zevran.

Then I went through Lothering and passed Sten in his cage and he asked me why we’d stopped. (Forgot to screenshot it though.) And then we got ambushed by Zevran.

He ambushed us while Zevran was in the party and then after we beat him he stood up and then I stood companion Zevran next to him and just stared at my two Zevrans it was incredible all my dreams came true and also i wondered why their armours are slightly different.

Well no Riordan we’re not both here because the game decided to solve the “having both Alistair and Loghain in the party camp at the same time” problem by having neither of them show up.

Tamlen’s back and he’d really like me to stop getting distracted by assassination attempts and Landsmeets and archdemons and just go and look at the damn cave. Tamlen pls just appreciate being alive and untainted.

no but Alistair and Loghain both fucked off and left me

becAUSE YOU’RE LITERALLY NOT HERE ALISTAIR.